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Considering the size and age of the universe, it is very likely that there is intelligent life out there. We need to develop viable FTL flight, so we can go either fuck or kill whatever it is. It is also possible that advanced civilizations either haven't found us, or are ignoring us. If there are advanced spacefaring civilizations, then hopefully they aren't going to just kill us all if we haven't made it off this rock yet. We do need to find a way off the planet, and other worlds that can support life. It's going to get crowded here, and/or we'll wipe ourselves out one way or another. Maybe we're the Australia of the universe. Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
But 100 light years is a tiny fraction of the universe. Like almost none of it. And the signals we put out are extremely weak. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Don't Panic |
We are not alone. I have my cat.  | |||
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A matter of perspective. It's only a long way away when think about it with your very limited human brain. "Distance", how quaint. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Like I said, Link Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
I think that it’s nearly certain that the first alien intelligence that mankind will encounter is is artificial intelligence – right here on earth. Dr. Stephen Hawking thinks so too, and that it might be very dangerous for mankind. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30290540 Serious about crackers | |||
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Tiny fraction is an understatement. It would take another 100,000 years for any "signals" to reach outside our own Milky Way, and at that point they would need an additional 2.5 million light years to get to Andromeda, the next nearest galaxy. Attenuation addresses your second point. RB Cancer fighter (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) since 2009, now fighting Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. | |||
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Alone in the entirety of space. No. Alone in this tiny, infinitesimal part betwixt Pluto and the Sun...maybe. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
Well, there was that time on Venice Beach, and that time in Vegas, and New Orleans. I may have met a few dozen already, though it's hard to say for sure. Regardless, the notion that we're the only intelligent life in the universe seems ridiculous. | |||
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You dont need an antenna to talk with God. Just take a knee- space is up to you  ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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I hope someone smart has a plan if we do meet aliens. Think of all the diseases that wiped out native people after meeting europeans. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
Well, after internalizing those ideas, I've stopped worrying about intergalactic DXers and worry about intelligent life at my house.  Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Waiting for Hachiko |
Thought about this after following this thread: "The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them. For him, it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invaders 美しい犬 | |||
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| Baroque Bloke |
Thank God that we have Trump and Mattis instead of HRC and Milk Toast. Serious about crackers | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Just don't accept any blankets from them. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Is this her?  | |||
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| Watching for Falling Rocks  |
A light year is the same as a regular year... But with 1/3 less calories | |||
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I cringe whenever a scientist on some TV show declares life is everywhere. Honest answer is we don't know. Life may be incredibly rare. So rare that we are it in the Galaxy. According to the life is everywhere proponents life should have existed on Mars since it reportedly once had liquid water. We haven't found it yet. Nor have we been invited to join the United Federation of Planets or have we been conquered by the Romulan or Klingon empires. With no real evidence I suspect life, any life, is a rarity in the Galaxy and possibly the universe. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Do the math. Try to get your mind around those numbers. even though it's impossible with the feeble goo between our ears. Life elsewhere is an absolute certainty. Let's see- what makes Earth so fertile for life? The building blocks of life- the amino acids and so forth, have been shown to be abundant in comets and asteroids, so the seeding of a planetary body which has the above combination of factors listed above should be able to produce life. What's so magical about that? Countless stars and countless planetary bodies orbiting those stars. We're talking about a mathematical certainty. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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